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With the demise of Storify, we lost a valuable storytelling tool. Thank goodness there's Wakelet. You can use it online or on your mobile device; both iOS and Android are supported. What you get with Wakelet: Tweets, images (your own or from Unsplash, files, and text. All my Wakelet-saved storifies are here.
How to Make Custom Images for Your Blog Posts Without Hiring a Designer is instructive. For instance, Patel explains the Creative Commons licenses, includes free image sites, and as the title says, shows you how to make a custom image with step-by-step instructions. All with the end goal in mind:
Images should be a main component of all your blog posts. They improve your readers' experience, which leads to a more educated and satisfied audience that enjoys your content more and spends more time on your site.
Revisiting DesignEvo: You may recall the 2017 mention of this logo making online app. Since then, I've been playing with the tool, trying out logos for my new biz, blue nose creative, focusing on editing website content and quilting (I know, a weird combo). You can start from a blank canvas or from a template. DesignEvo has lots of templates from which to choose and from there you are off. Change colors, typeface, add elements, and more!
If it feels like you or your organization are always having to add something new to your plate, this is for you. It feels like a default tendency of the world we live in to ask more of ourselves, our teams, and our organizations without providing the time, resources, and energy that are needed for those extras.
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Unfortunately, the solution is an uncomfortable one. We need to start having painful conversations about what we will stop doing so that we can invest our energies into what we want to start doing. When we spend all of our time putting out fires, it can be refreshing and revealing to have a conversation about the goals we are working towards and examining whether the things we spend our time on are taking us there or not.
Learn something
Be a Good Talker: Making the Most of Media Appearances, June 19, free: "Whether it's a TV, radio, or print interview, a panel discussion, a book launch, or more: If a media request for an interview landed in your inbox today, would you be ready? Would your ED or CEO?" Webinar leaders will teach
What reporters really want out of an interview
How to anticipate likely questions
How to craft and stick to clear key messages
Techniques to stay in control of an interview
Body language and vocal techniques to prove confidence
The most interesting June 15-21 webinars listed in Wild Apricot's 50 Free Nonprofit Webinars for June 2018: How to Use Facebook’s Free Fundraising Tools to Drive Donations (June 19), How to Educate and Empower Your Nonprofit Board for Fundraising Success (June 19), and How to Reclaim Your Sanity and Actually Post to Social Media on Time (June 21).
